Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 7:10
10. Repayeth them that hate him This passage is variously interpreted. It probably means he punishes each one that hates him, so that each may feel he is smitten of God: and Moses adds, to make it more impressive, “He delays not in respect to his hater; he will repay him to his face.” read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 7:10
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.Them that hate him — Not only those who hate him directly and properly, (for so did few or none of the Israelites to whom he here speaks,) but those who hate him by construction and consequence; those who hate and oppose his people, and word, those who wilfully persist in the breach of God's commandments.To their face — That is, openly, and so as they shall... read more